Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part II
13. Duration of
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Subject to the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), the economic and moral rights shall be protected during the life time of the author and for a further period of seventy years from the date of his death.
In the case of a work of joint authorship, the economic and moral rights shall be protected during the life of the last surviving author and for a further period of seventy years from the date of the death of the last surviving author.
In the case of a collective work, other than a work of applied art, and in the case of an audiovisual work, the economic and moral rights shall be protected for seventy years from the date on which the work was first published, or failing publication within seventy years from the making of the work.
In the case of a work published anonymously or under a pseudonym, the economic and moral rights shall be protected for seventy years from the date on which the work was first published :
Provided that, where the author’s identity is revealed or is no longer in doubt before the expiration of the said period, the provisions of subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall apply, as the case may require.
In the case of work of applied art, the economic and moral rights shall be protected for twenty-five years from the date of the making of the work.
Every period provided for under the preceding subsections shall run to the end of the calendar year in which it would otherwise expire.
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